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Omprakash Verma & Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 15 S.C.R. 302
Decided 8 October 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the decree which we have extracted in the earlier part of our judgment makes it clear that the allowing of the B appeals filed by the State in Audikesava Reddy's case clearly means that the High Court judgment is set aside and the writ petitions are dismissed.

Judgment, page 50

From the headnote

Urban Ceiling Act, 1976: ss. 2(q), 6 and 10(3) - 'Vacant land' - HELD: Any land not being agricultural land but falling within an urban agglomeration constitutes vacant land as defined in s.2(q) - In the instant case, the lands constituted 'vacant land' on the date of filing of declarations u/s 6 by owner in 1978 - The land-owners themselves termed the land as 'grazing lands' and 'vacant land' in their declaration u/s 6(1) - The notification u/s 10(3) stating that the surplus land would be deemed to have been acquired by State Government and the same would vest absolutely in it, was issued in

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